House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 2, 2001
- Committee actionOct 11, 2001
- Passed HouseNov 13, 2001 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 14, 2001 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2985.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2985, American Spirit Fraud Prevention Act” on November 2, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on October 11, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 2, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13325
- CBO publication date
- November 2, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2985, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2985
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
087485cc4144146c8dfb2b70d3ac23b881cf1f7dbccca601d61c15167aee0a4f
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2985, American Spirit Fraud Prevention Act” on November 2, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on October 11, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 2, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13325
- CBO publication date
- November 2, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2985, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2985
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
087485cc4144146c8dfb2b70d3ac23b881cf1f7dbccca601d61c15167aee0a4f
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 107-276 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on November 9, 2001.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 9, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/276
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2985, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2985
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
087485cc4144146c8dfb2b70d3ac23b881cf1f7dbccca601d61c15167aee0a4f
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2985, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
15 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 5 Democrats
6 of 15 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Michael Castle (R-DE), Danny Davis (D-IL), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Bob Filner (D-CA), J. Forbes (R-VA), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Sue Kelly (R-NY), Constance Morella (R-MD), Bob Ney (R-OH), Edward Schrock (R-VA), Cliff Stearns (R-FL), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), James Walsh (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charles Bass.
- H.R. 3180 (107th) To consent to certain amendments to the New Hampshire-Vermont Interstate School Compact.
- H.R. 724 (107th) To authorize appropriations to carry out part B of title I of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, relating to the Strategic Petroleum…
- H.R. 981 (107th) Budget Responsibility and Efficiency Act of 2001
- H.R. 737 (107th) Mandatory IDEA Full Funding Act of 2001
- H.R. 2986 (107th) American Spirit Fraud Prevention Act of 2001
- H.R. 1426 (107th) To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to provide that low-speed electric personal assistive mobility devices are consumer products…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.